Take Three
Three scholars with different kinds of expertise offer close analysis (2,000 words apiece) of the same source, event, or artifact of modern American life. By pausing over an important detail from the recent past, and setting three different takes next to each other, this feature draws attention to the nature of interpretation and to methodological choices.
- Take Three: Prayer
- One modern American practice. Three different perspectives.
- Take Three: Taxes
- One modern American inevitability. Three different perspectives.
- Take Three: The 1973 War Powers Resolution
- To Mark Its Fiftieth Anniversary, Three Scholars Reflect
- Take Three: The Ballot
- One modern American right. Three different perspectives.
- Take Three: The Bombing of the USS Panay
- One forgotten crisis. Three different perspectives
- Take Three: The Color Line
- One modern problem. Three different perspectives.
- Take Three: The Doctor’s Office
- One modern American place. Three different perspectives.
- Take Three: The Modern American Body
- One obsession. Three different perspectives.
- Take Three: The Moon Landing
- July 20, 1969. One event. Three perspectives.